Stars Fall Home

Above: Beckett Gladney's gorgeous cover for Seanan McGuire's new CD, Stars Fall Home. I played flute on one of the tracks, Dorothy, which focuses on the heroine of Wizard of Oz. Great song and gorgeous harmonies!

I was also tickled to discover that Seanan had drawn illustrations of all the musical guests; you can see mine to the right. In addition to myself, guest performers include: Paul Kwinn, Michelle Dockrey, Tony Fabris, Amy McNally, Kristoph Klover, Alisa Garcia, Luis Garcia, Margaret Davis, Deirdre McCarthy, Kris Yenney, Beckett Gladney, Arlene Hills, Mich Sampson, Mike Whitaker, Jeff Bohnhoff, Maya Bohnhoff, Erica Neely, and Merav Hoffman.

You can find out more about Seanan's new CD on this page, and you can pre-order your copy for $15 here! I am SO looking forward to getting my copy.



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The new and improved Filk FAQ has been updated. I've been gradually moving the site over to a new server as well as converting it to Wordpress format. Current survey: Stage etiquette tips for performers. Respondents' answers will be integrated into the FAQ.



Photo by Allison.

Video O' The Day

And now I'm going to try embedding my first YouTube movie. I first met Acacia Sears in a filk circle years ago, and was blown away by her voice and the energy she put into her performances. Her first album with Sleepy Records recently debuted: Dialtones ($12). I bought my copy a while back before she signed with Sleepy Records; one of my favourites is "George's Tongue" (words by Neil Gaiman).

You can hear a few of her songs on her MySpace page (which includes a recording of George's Tongue, yay!). The song below is a video of one of Acacia's original songs, "Autumn."







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